Fòram na Gàidhlig

In this video Julie Fowlis twice uses the name of the Irish language. It sounds like she's pronouncing the first syllable with the (Gàidhlig) "ao" sound. This happens at 1:26 and 3:28 of the video.

I'm not aware this pronunciation is ever used by Irish speakers, of which Julie's husband (Eamonn ...

I thought I saw this on the Akerbeltz site, but I can't find it now.

Supposedly there's a difference (presumably subtle) between unvoiced consonants and devoiced consonants.

Can anyone tell me what it is?

The new webpage shows episodes with "3 weeks to listen", "2 weeks to listen", etc.

Will there be no more archives?

Can anyone tell my why this is Gaelic for "Lindsay"?

It seems to be the only Gaelic surname that is neither a tr*nsl*t**n nor phonetic near-match to the English version.

akerbeltz wrote:A notch short of ghastly. A tiny one. I had to look up the lyrics to try and figure out how far off he was because I couldn't make out a word in 10.

Alas.

I like the band, and this is first time they've recorded with lyrics in Gaelic (as opposed to tunes with titles in Gaelic).

Can anyone comment on the quality of Dan Houghton's pronunciation here:

http://www.reverbnation.com/cantripband ... c-sheumais

Good? OK? I think his Gaelic is learned though his Doric is natural enough.